UK Nuclear Physics Advisory Panel update May 2019

Andy Boston [email protected] Members of NPAP

Andy Boston (chair) Christian Diget University of York Kieran Flanagan University of Manchester Judith McGovern University of Manchester Daria Sokhan University of Glasgow Phil Walker

Public webpage:

http://www.stfc.ac.uk/about-us/how-we-are-governed/advisory-boards- panels-committees/nuclear-physics-advisory-panel/

2 UK Nuclear Physics

• Science Areas are: – Nuclear Structure and Nuclear Astrophysics – Hadronic Physics – Nuclear Theory • Industrial Nuclear Data • Public Engagement & Outreach • Applications and Innovation

Concentrate research on key areas where the community can gain leadership and influence 3 NPAP Activity

• Input into STFC Science Pillars update • Update to Roadmap June 2018 • Provided input to the 2018 Nuclear Physics Programme Evaluation Exercise • STFC Detectors and Instrumentation Strategic Review • STFC priority projects • STFC Consultation on Advanced Instrumentation for the UKRI Strategic Priorities Fund • UK Community meeting(s) inc NPF meetings & Warwick meeting

4 Nuclear Physics Community meeting

• Strategic reports – Report from programmes directorate Grahame Blair – Update from Science Board Tara Shears – Report from NPAP Andy Boston – NP Programme Evaluation Don Pollacco – External Innovations update Stephen Loader

• Networks & other opportunities – Report from NPGP Douglas MacGregor – Report from Cross Community Group Tom Davinson – Nuclear Physics Projects status report Mike Bentley – Update from Theory Community Judith McGovern – UK Accelerator Driven Facility Carl Wheldon

5 Nuclear Physics Community meeting

• Report from NuPECC Andy Boston • Report from IOP NP Group Tzany Wheldon • Education and training – Report from NP Graduate School John Smith • Nuclear Engineering and Industrial Liaison – EPSRC Nuclear community Karl Whittle – NAILS and NI John Roberts

6 Nuclear Physics Community meeting

• Networks & other opportunities – Nuclear Data Network Paul Davies – STFC Global Challenge opportunities Alison Bruce • Upcoming conferences – INPC Glasgow David Ireland – IEEE NSS MIC Manchester Andy Boston • Outreach activity update – Nuclear Physics Outreach Elizabeth Cunningham – Leadership Fellowship report Christian Diget

7 NUCLEAR PHYSICS ROADMAP The Nuclear Physics Strategy document

• Scope and range of Physics • Current projects • Future projects • Other issues • 10 year horizon

• Last revision June 2018

https://stfc.ukri.org/about-us/how-we-are-governed/advisory-boards-panels- committees/nuclear-physics-advisory-panel/

9 Roadmap for existing projects and future opportunities

2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 ALICE upgrade (LHC) JLAB upgrade Jlab 2 Hadronic Physics EIC R+D ………… 2030 Ion Collider 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 ISOL/SRS NuSTAR at FAIR AGATA exploitation AGATA upgrade STAR Nuclear Structure & ACPA@ELI Astrophysics DRACULA FRIB Instrumentation@JYFL ………… 2030 Future ISOL/EURISOL NuSTAR UG 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 -nucleus Nuclear Theory Fission ongoing future exploitation horizon PRD exploitation at other facilities inc GSI 10 Future projects and opportunities

Near-term • Advance charged- array (ACPA@ELI) – Silicon based granular array with a focus on ELI-NP Gamma-beam applications • DRACULA – Direct Reaction Array for the Core Understanding of Light-nuclei and Astrophysics – Silicon based granular array with a focus on FRIB for use with GRETA • AGATA upgrade – Beyond 1pi – Additional gamma detectors and optimisation of signal decomposition – Focus on SPES and FAIR (HISPEC)

11 Future projects and opportunities

Mid-term • Jlab 2 – Flux Monitoring apparatus as part of the high intensity and clean neutral kaon beam (Klong@JLAB) development • Instrumentation@Jyväskylä – Instrumentation to enhance the core physics programme at JYFL – MARA Low Energy Branch (LEB) Horizon • NuSTAR 2: DEGAS Ge, Schottky pickup for storage ring, MAPS • EIC

• EURISOL 12 Future projects and opportunities

Mid-term (PRD) • Scintillator tracking array (STAR) – SiPM based highly granular gamma-ray array for ISOL facilities • EIC – R+D to support the future UK contribution to the EIC. Bid likely to follow CD0 decision. Proposed Theory project • Neutrino-nucleus interactions – Use modern ab-initio methods and effective field theory. Calculate experimentally-crucial cross-sections with greater precision and sophistication than most currently-used codes. • Theoretical studies of spontaneous and induced fission – Leadership hub for theoretical studies of spontaneous and induced fission. Proposed User facility • UK Accelerator Driven Neutron Facility

13 IMPACT

• The science programme was endorsed in the recent STFC IMPACT report (2017) which ranked our community second in the world by measure of impact and citations.

Nuclear physics 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Number of 347 296 489 496 476 393 520 publications UK position 7 7 7 7 7 7 7

Citation Impact (CI) 6.74 13 16 15.4

UK position 2 2 1 1 Normalised Citation 1.62 1.72 5.12 3.1 2.6 1.8 1.6 Impact (NCI)

UK position 2 2 1 2 2 1 2

14 UK Nuclear Physics Nuclear Physics Advisory Panel update April 2019

Andy Boston [email protected]